HHHMMM: It sounds like you are depending on a dhcp server to assign the ip address of the computer that you are wanting to install RH9 on. If this is the case, you better have access to a dhcp server either running on your local network, or else through your isp. If it is local, then the ping thing is not necessary. All you need to do is read the last entry or 2 in the message file: tail /var/log/messages to get the assign ip address. Just what I know from experience. Steve Dawes Phone: (403) 268-5527 Email: SDawes at calgary.ca NOTICE:: This communication is intended ONLY for the use of the person or entity named above and may contain information that is confidential or legally privileged. If you are not the intended recipient named above or a person responsible for delivering messages or communications to the intended recipient, YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that any use, distribution, or copying of this communication or any of the information contained in it is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by telephone and then destroy or delete this communication, or return it to us by mail if requested by us. The City of Calgary thanks you for your attention and cooperation.
